L'Heure Joyeuse, The First Children's Library in France: Its Contribution to a New Paradigm for Public Libraries.

Maack, Mary Niles

Library Quarterly, v63 n3 p257-81 Jul 1993

Shows how l'Heure Joyeuse, a children's library started in Paris in 1923 as a gift from U.S. philanthropists, became a model of open-access, user-oriented public libraries. L'Heure Joyeuse's unique role in the development of public libraries in France from before 1900 to the present is described. (41 references) (EAM)